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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs August 16-18, 2013 (Glenn Hauser)
2. WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Top News #1128 (Michael Bethge)
3. Re: Glenn Hauser logs August 16-18, 2013 (Karel Honz?k)
4. Myanmar Radio check, Aug 19 (Wolfgang Bueschel_DF5SX)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 08:59:51 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs August 16-18, 2013
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** BRAZIL [and non]. 9645+, August 18 at 0543, can make out a JBA het on the hi
side of big R. Vaticana mass signal, i.e. R. Bandeirantes; had not detected
that in some time, but expected it as I tuned down from poor signal on 9665,
Voz Mission?ria, where the first and almost only word heard was ``pecado``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake [non] CNR1 jamming August 18: Unfound in any of the usual
out-of-band spots 12-18 MHz around 1325. I was axually looking for a good one
in order to hear the neo-classical music they were playing as usual on Sunday
nights. Inband jammers audible on 11640, 11785, 11805, 15115. The last two with
quite a bit of CCI from victims, so settled on 11785, but into long talk
segment around 1330 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 1300, August 18 at 0600 UT, Radio Trece ID, and plug ``Radio M?xico
Noticias``, and seemingly rapidly summarizing all the news blox during the day;
``Mil, trescientos, lo original``, 0601 choral NA but blessedly brief, 0603
finally full local ID as XEP, 38,000 watts, and into ``m?sica de siempre`` so
must have quite a mixed format. Then fades down; it had been dominating and
looping WSW, so I figured it must be this Ciudad Ju?rez station. WRTH 2013
implies it`s 50 kW fulltime; IRCA Mexican Log of last year shows 500 watts at
night; currently Cant? shows 38 kW day, 200 watts night! Which can we believe?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 89.3, KIEL Loyal, is still off the air after a brief appearance a
few months ago, as I passed close to the site on US 81 the afternoon of August
17.
104.5, afternoon of August 17, in OKC I found a new(?) signal here with
``classic rock``; heard one ID mentioning 104.5, but later it was also ``KRXO``
and // 107.7. What`s going on here? This is what:
``TYLER MEDIA TO LAUNCH A SPORTS STATION AT FM 107.7 IN AUGUST
Classic Rock KRXO will move to new frequency at FM 104.5
By Mel Bracht Published: July 10, 2013
http://newsok.com/tyler-media-to-launch-a-sports-station-at-fm-107.7-in-august/article/3860993
The already crowded sports talk market in Oklahoma City soon will be getting
its sixth sports talk station. Tyler Media announced Wednesday that it is
launching a sports talk radio station in August on FM 107.7.
Classic Rock KRXO, which had been at 107.7, will move to a new frequency at FM
104.5, the company announced. According to the news release, KRXO's lineup of
Bob and Tom, Cara Rice, Buddy Wiley, Kelso, Unkle Dave and Rick Caldwell are
expected to move to a much smaller signal on 104.5. Ty Tyler, president of
Tyler Media, said in an email the new frequency recently was granted by the FCC
and will reach more than 800,000 people in the metro area.
Tyler said it is in the process of hiring local sports talent from 6 a.m. to 9
p.m. for the new unnamed station on 107.7 FM, which he said will have the
strongest signal in the market. The station will include play-by-play of OU
sports and be associated with NBC Sports. It plans to air NFL broadcasts on
Sunday, Monday and Thursday nights, and other programming is under
consideration.
"We are excited to expand our portfolio of stations," Tyler said in the
release. "A Big League City needs a Big League Sports Station."
Sports Animal radio personality Mike Steely is expected to join the new
station. Steely, a member of the Morning Animals, last appeared on WWLS-FM 98.1
on June 29. He said he could not comment if he was leaving the station.
The addition of 104.5 will give Tyler Media six FM signals in the market, one
above the normal limit. However, Tyler said the FCC allows an HD channel to be
rebroadcast by a FM frequency. KRXO will be broadcast on both 107.7 HD2 and
104.5 FM. The sports station will be broadcast on 107.7 HD1 and 107.7 FM.
Tyler Media, founded in 1965 by Ralph Tyler, is still a family owned business
by sons Ty and Tony Tyler. According to the release, the company owns seven
radio stations, four television stations and an outdoor advertising company.
The market's other sports stations are:
WWLS-FM 98.1, "The Sports Animal." Local programming during the day, including
"The Morning Animals" and Al Eschbach and Jim Traber for afternoon drive. ESPN
Radio airs at night.
KWPN AM 640, ESPN Radio.
KREF-AM 1400, "Sports Talk 1400," of Norman. The lineup includes OU radio voice
Toby Rowland from 6 to 9 a.m. and former OU football stars Teddy Lehman and
Dusty Dvoracek from 2 to 6 p.m. [and doesn`t reach the N side of OKC after dark
vs graveyard pileup --- gh]
KGHM-AM 1340, "The Game," which in a partnership with KREF airs Rowland from 6
to 8 a.m. and Lehman and Dvoracek from 2 to 6 p.m. National hosts include Dan
Patrick from 8 to 11 a.m.
KINB-FM "105.3, The Pro," CBS Sports Radio, including Doug Gottlieb from 2 to 5
p.m.``
But obviously the new station on 107.7 has not been launched yet. Just how
inferior is the 104.5 signal for the demoted KRXO format? FCC FM Query as of
August 18 shows it as a 250-watt translator, K283BW, relaying KOMA! But as a
CP-modification:
http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?list=0&facid=145901
No way we will be able to hear that in Enid unlike local-like 107.7
Where did Tyler get this transmitter? FCC has a ``Consummation Notice`` showing
it came from Community Public Radio [sic] in Athens, GA! But not mentioning who
the new owner is
https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101560912&formid=905&fac_num=145901
Where is the transmitter site? Approx. NE 75th and Kelley, i.e. circa KWTV in
the NE OKC antenna farm. (Google maps misspells it Kelly). 327 meters above
ground, not bad for a mere translator (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, August 17 at 0052, JBA carrier from R. Chaski until *0101:36.5
which is 5 seconds later than yesterday; not checked on August 18 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TUNISIA [and non]. 7275, August 18 at 0550, IWT is AWOL again; normally does
not close until a few minutes before 0600. ALGERIA/FRANCE still audible on 7295
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 9830, August 16 at 2155, trying to hear new IS pr?lude to VOT`s
North American broadcast in English, just the usual RTTY which TRT has ignored
for season after season on this frequency. Possibly a JBA carrier within the
RTTY is TRT.
9770, August 17 at 0054, new IS/music playing prior to TRT Spanish broadcast;
no announcements interspersed; 0100 timesignal and opening Spanish.
9515, August 17 at 0255, the other English broadcast is much better, good
signal but fluttery, the new IS tune on Turkish orchestral instruments. It`s
repetitive, but hard to tell where the `splice` is, if it is in a loop. No
interruptions for English IDs before hourtop, and it has to be faded down
incomplete for the accurate timesignal until 0300.
But then, the YL sign-on is *still/again* quoting ``UTC`` times for all the
English broadcasts, but they are really in Turkish local time UT+3!! I have
periodically caught them making this stupid mistake many times before, or is it
all the time? E.g. ``9655 at 06-07 UTC``, reminding us that this and the
previous few transmissions are recorded, (so don`t expect current news). Wrong
frequency too! 9655 being the B-season one at 0400 UT, when all the times are
one real hour later (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1682 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW-1, 5830, UT Sunday
August 18 after 0400. Missed checking 2330 Sat on 9930; was that on this week?
WTWW-2 seems to have been missing at other times lately. Also recheck Sunday at
2330, or UT Monday 0000 on 5085 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 550, August 17 at 0402 UT trying for the WDEV Vermont DX test, not
expecting to hear it way out here. I did find a ``sweet spot`` inside the house
where on the portable DX-398 I could null out the local noise, and still aim
toward Vermont. First heard something in Spanish, and then somestation with ABC
news in English, gave up at 0407 which I later learned may have been a bit too
early from the time the test really ran (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 18:42:53 +0200
From: "Michael Bethge" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
"Fernando Luiz de Souza" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Top News #1128
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The latest edition (18 August) of the WORLDWIDE DX CLUB "Top News",
compiled by Wolfgang Bueschel, has been posted:
http://topnews.wwdxc.de
Best regards,
Michael Bethge
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 09:11:59 +0200
From: Karel Honz?k <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs August 16-18, 2013
Message-ID: <5E232B27681947DCA05A9738F349F30B@KarelHonzkPC>
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** CHINA. Firedrake [non] CNR1 jamming August 18: Unfound in any of the
usual out-of-band spots 12-18 MHz around 1325. I was axually looking for a
good one in order to hear the neo-classical music they were playing as usual
on Sunday nights. Inband jammers audible on 11640, 11785, 11805, 15115. The
last two with quite a bit of CCI from victims, so settled on 11785, but into
long talk segment around 1330 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Does it mean that China has significantly reduced its Firedrake jamming?
Karel Honzik, CZE
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 12:18:43 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel_DF5SX" <[email protected]>
To: "HCDX" <[email protected]>, "DXLD"
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Myanmar Radio check, Aug 19
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MYANMAR Radio checked on 0830-1030 UT slot Aug 19 on various FarEast and
Australian remote SDR units.
5915 just on threshold level at 1015 UT.
6165 was occupied by CNR6th Haka Program // 9420 kHz.
7344.993 just on threshold level at 0940 UT.
9490.0-{non Myanmar} heard here with modern music - I guess it was
PBS Xizang in Tibetan from site #602 at Lhasa-Baiding -, at S=7
signal level. Latter from 1000 UT then on 7255 kHz instead.
9730.843 weak S=4-5 weak signal just above threshold, but could be heard
Burmese/Vernac type language of female. 73 wb
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 19)
KOREA D.P.R. Most of the North Korean - even domestic Korean sces from
Kujang and Kanggye - are now on exact xxx.000 kHz frequency, after delivery
of new BBEF Made in China Beijing equipment in past year. But an exception
is the Japanese service in 49 mb from Pyongyang capital TX site, is still on
odd frequency 6069.981 kHz at 09-13 UT, S=9 signal on remote unit in
Australia and Nara-JPN.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 19)
PNG 7324.938 Only a carrier of R Light was 'visible' at 0920 UT Aug 19.
S=7. But noted clearly with nx like underneath at 1007 UT, - was covered at
that time of CRI Japanese co-channel from 1000 to 1257 UT, from Jinhua-Youbu
#831 site.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 19)
INDONESIA 9680.052 footprint, RRI Jakarta Cimanggis on great S=9+20dB
level downwards to Australian winter night, heard nxcast by male at 0930 UT.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 19)
- - -
MYANMAR 7344.99 Thazin R. Killer signal this morning at 1046 UT with
pleasant SoEaAsian pops. Didn't seem modulated up to 100% though. Song at
1055 UT kind of sounded like "Romeo's Tune" by Steve Forbert. 4 August.
7200.09, Myanmar R. 1100 M announcer after pop music. 4 August.
(Dave Valko-PA-USA, hcdx via dxld Aug 14)
Myanmar ailing TXer back on air. The TX which operated on 6030, 9460, 7110
kHz is back on the air from this morning here in SoAsia.
2330-0130 UT on 6030 kHz, from 0430 UT on 9460 kHz on the air as I write
... also at 0030 UT noted 5915, 5985, 6030, 6165, 7200 kHz (with spurs
7185.820 {in Amateur Radio band !} and 7214.380 kHz) all active with
different programs.
At 0430 UT observe 9490, 9590, and 9730.85 kHz. Will be interesting to see
if at 1030 UT on 7110 or 6165 kHz will be active, including the English
1430-1500 UT segment.
Will workout the latest sked as actually on air after 1630 UT tonight.
(Victor Goonetilleke-CLN 4S7VK, DXplorer Aug 14)
MYANMAR 6165 Thazin Radio, at 1430 UT on August 14. Ex 7110 kHz. Thanks
to Victor Goonetilleke (Sri Lanka) for the timely alert that this tx had
been reactivated. The tx broke down after being last heard about December
25, 2012 on 7110 kHz, where I had been enjoying them almost daily. Thazin
Radio acknowledged the situation via an email to me: "Yes, we have been
transmitter problems. So we don't transmit radio programs. We are
repairing.
Thank you for listening." So they have finally fixed it! Had very much
hoped they would return to 7110 kHz, but not so. Heard in English with the
usual formatting; pop songs; 1434-1441 UT sounded very much like the usual
news; 1444-1448 UT one of their talk features. Barely heard under a strong
CNR6, which today was playing mostly music; mostly unusable, but was able
to tell was in English during infrequent CNR6 talk segments; went off
before 1500 UT; very poor frequency for them, as even if there is an
especially good day for propagation, then likely CNR6 will also be
stronger; a no win situation.
I know 7110 kHz is in the ham band and they should not be there, but it
was so well heard last winter for their English segment that I have to
hope they do in fact return there again. Barring that, at least they
should find a clearer frequency!
(Ron Howard-CA-USA, dxld Aug 14)
Great that you were able to check this slot Ron. I returned home only past
1600 UT. Just finished listening to the second English program 0630-0700
UT on 9460 kHz.
Yes indeed, 7110 kHz was inside the Radio Amateur band, though its hardly
creating any problems over here. 6165 kHz here is on top of anything tho.
However, note a bit of a drop in strength on their return.
On Aug 17: 6165 s.off at 1500 UT Wolfy, also all other SW other than 5985v
kHz by 1600 UT.
(Victor Goonetilleke-CLN 4S7VK, dxld Aug 15/17)
The only station from Myanmar I heard at 1535 UT Aug 16th, was older odd
frequency unit at Rangoon transmitter site on 5985.794 kHz footprint, nice
pop music program on S=9+10dB level, on remote SDR unit at Brisbane
Australia.
6165 was totally covered by CNR6th Taiwanese program, latter \\ 9420 to
check.
Nothing traced on 5915, 6030 and 7110 kHz so far...
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 16)
Good morning Victor, just before I'll go to bed, now I noticed that you
had set your SDR Perseus online on-air remote-net in {European deep night}
tonight.
MYANMAR Radio noted at 0010 UT on 5915, 5985, 6030, and 6165 kHz too.
7200 was off at that time, but noted later with distorted audio quality
around 0025 UT Aug 18.
Exact measurement footprint was 5915.002 kHz, S=8-9 with typical Burmese
sing-sang language spoken female voice, but saxophone modern music at 0024
UT. Hit later co-channel from 0030 UT onwards by BBC Dari/Persian sce from
Oman relay site.
5985.805 usual odd unit of Rangoon site at 0015 UT, talk comment by male
voice heard, S=8-9 at Colombo Piliyandala Ceylon.
6029.993 kHz strongest signal in SoAsia S=9+20dB, nice local Burmese
native music at 0020 UT.
6164.995 kHz with modern Burmese pop singer in progress, S=9+15 to +20dB
signal strength.
Checked 7200v now at 0040 to 0050 UT, Rangoon Myanmar signal wandered down
from 7200.104 to 7200.100 kHz within a quarter hour, little fluttery
signal of S=7 to S=9 level.
And two adjacent symmetrical spurious signals of S=6-7 signal strength
were on air too as always, tonight at 14.28 kHz apart on each side !
Spurs noted at 7185.820 {in Amateur Radio band !} and 7214.380 kHz.
Nothing heard on 7110 kHz channel so far. vy73 wolfy df5sx
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 18)
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